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How do we turn off stalker mode in the new app/reddit? where people will follow us anonymously . I want an approved follower list I can see and the option to remove them or turn off the ability to be followed.
Comment by -littlefang- at 25/09/2020 at 00:02 UTC
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I think this was promised in 2019 and then never delivered. I know I still have people following me because they're angry about being banned and they liked to be able to downvote me or try to get me suspended through weaponized reporting, and I've still no way to see a list of followers.
Comment by Uristqwerty at 25/09/2020 at 00:21 UTC
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IMO the follow button shouldn't even appear until you either manually enable it, or make your first profile post, on top of "follow" being a misleading verb without additional context to clarify that it relates to profile posts. Something like "<User> has made <x> profile posts. [Follow]", where just having that text adjacent suggests that, indeed, the two are linked, rather than the follow button applying to the profile as a whole.
^(Besides, real stalker mode is-- actually I don't want to give anyone ideas, but I'll say there are multiple old site features, and they *don't* count as part of the follower tally. They're *useful*, too, so I don't want to encourage a bunch of stalkers to misuse them and get them disabled)